Aimee: “So, today I’ll be presenting two concepts for your website, both based on the…” Baby: “AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH … WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH … WAH WAH WAH WAH…AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH … AAAHHHH .. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH … WAH AH AH WAH WAH … AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH … WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH” Marc runs around the house with the child doing anything he can to quiet him. Baby: “AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH [...]
During the eight months that I knew that I was pregnant I must have Googled “work at home mom”, “work at home graphic designer pregnant”, “work at home do it all well mom and still run a successful business” about a thousand times. I couldn’t find much in the way of guidance or inspiration. I [...]
Two months old and the kid gets a better party than I’ve ever had. A feast, two kegs, a band and amazing friends. We all had an incredible time and the kid was a rockstar. We are very lucky people – to be a part of a community filled with such natural beauty (minus the [...]
Dear Harrison, We’re two months in and I think you’re beginning to like it here. You started this month by starting to smile. You had been smiling in your sleep and when the synapses were firing in that little brain of yours, but, an actual smile as a reaction to us… that is an outstanding [...]
The unofficial littlehellraiser community meet-up was held in San Francisco on Sunday, at the home of the original. Our kid got a chance to hang with his new pals Owen and Tyler. It’s always nice to discuss children with parents of similar aged kids, but, this was even more fun, because even though I knew [...]
Marc, me and the kid were recently invited to dinner by a new acquaintance. This guy and us have nothing in common… that was until we had a kid. Now, we are invited to become BFFs – destined, I’m sure, to share evenings filled with cocktail-sipping, story-swapping and firefly-catching with our angelic children. This guy [...]
Jack doesn’t seem to be having any problem adjusting. Listening: Midlake
The kid just had his first visit with Aunty Margaret. It lasted about 30 seconds. Marc and I gave him a bath, made sure he was fed and tried to keep him awake for her arrival. I knew we had kept him up too long, but, she would be arriving soon, so we pushed it. [...]
Driving 1,994 miles from Texas to California in two days with two cats; surviving 114 degree heat, a tire blow-out and running out of gas 15 miles from your destination at 1:00 in the morning OR driving 1,994 miles from Texas to California in two days with two cats; surviving 114 degree heat, a tire [...]
I’m hippie-traveling-mom! I wish I could say that the laid back hippie mentality stuck with me after the flight, but, I’m afraid that the moment the kid exploded – expressing his discomfort through other-worldly screeches in my parents car, I began to unravel. I knew that traveling was going to mess with the kid’s schedule, [...]
